Today we are trying out the new Pizza Hut Flatzz. Let’s see if these are worthy of ordering again!

Which Flats are we trying?

* Nashville Hot Chicken

* Ultimate

* Chicken Bacon Ranch

Who is brave enough to battle it out?

* Kris, can’t out pizza the hut.

* Matt, wants to argue.

* Amy, subscribe!

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The History of Pizza Hut

The history of Pizza Hut dates back to 1958 when two brothers, Frank and Dan Carney of Wichita Kansas, started a small pizza joint with $600 they borrowed from their mom. They named the restaurant Pizza Hut for one simple reason. Their sign only had room for eight letters. The restaurant, which was located by the Wichita State University’s campus, was pretty much an instant hit. Within a year and a half two more locations would open up. One thing that was key to their success was letting customers sample the pizza, since it was new. As soon as the people would try the pizza, they became instant customers. With the success of these first three locations, franchisees flocked to the brothers, wanting to open their own locations. And the brothers kept the fees low so people could easily start them up and rapidly grow the business. By 1966 there were 145 locations.

At this time, the brothers were beginning to worry about growing competition as they looked to keep expanding. They partnered with Richard Burke , an artist and architect, and came up with the red roof design to help set them apart from all the other pizza joints. In 1969, the familiar red roof was adopted for all the Pizza Hut restaurants. By 1971, Pizza Hut was the number one pizza restaurant chain in the world in both sales and number of restaurants. And by 1972 the 1,000th location opened.

Some other notable dates include…

* 1980: The Pan Pizza was introduced

* 1984: Book It reading incentive program was launched with 200,000 elementary students enrolled. And who can forget their book it pin and those wonderful personal pan pizza rewards?

* 1986: Pizza Hut celebrated the opening of its 5,000th restaurant, located in Dallas, Texas.

* 1988: Hand-Tossed Traditional Pizza is introduced throughout all Pizza Hut restaurants.

* 1989: First Lady Barbara Bush throws a pizza party for 200 Washington D.C. children during a “Reading is Fundamental” reception, ordering all the pizza from the Hut.

* 1994: Pizza Hut becomes the first national chain to offer pizza delivery ordering on the internet.

* 1995: Pizza Hut launches Original Stuffed Crust, which immediately set company sales records.

* 2016: Pizza Hut sets a world record by making a pizza delivery to Mt. Kilimanjaro to celebrate opening in its 100th country.

Today Pizza Hut has over 18,000 locations worldwide.

The Results

**SPOILER ALERT!**

Listen to the episode first if you do not want the results revealed to you yet!

Ultimate

* Kris: “It’s a wet churched up frozen pizza.” 4/10

* Amy: “I expected it to be more flat bready.” 4/10

* Matt: “It does have a moisture issue.” 5/10

Total: 13/30

Nashville Hot Chicken

* Kris: “I wish it was grilled chicken on it instead of the nuggy.” 5/10

* Amy: “The dill ranch is my favorite part of it.” 5/10

* Matt: “My mouth’s a burnin’.” 5/10

Total: 15/30

Chicken Bacon Ranch

* Kris: “I don’t like how the bacon is the small pieces.” 4/10

* Amy: “I don’t like that each slice just has a chicken nugget in it.” 4/10

* Matt: “The corner pieces are better.” 6/10

Total: 14/30

There you have it. After trying 3 different menu items from Pizza Hut, Nashville Hot Chicken gets the Quest for the Best seal of approval. Check out their website to find a location near you.

https://www.pizzahut.com/c/content/crafted-flatzz

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Show Notes

https://pizzahalloffame.com/pizza-hut/

https://www.wichita.edu/museums/pizzahutmuseum/history.php

https://blog.pizzahut.com/our-story/

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